************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:38:54 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [NetGold] EDUCATION: TEACHING AND TEACHERS : EDUCATION: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION: Peer Review of Teaching EDUCATION: TEACHING AND TEACHERS : EDUCATION: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION: Peer Review of Teaching Peer Review of Teaching <http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/> "Structured peer review of teaching is a vehicle for developing teaching skills and deepening one's understanding of the modern learning community. This project will create a model community of scholars who engage in regular substantive peer review to derive benefit from both reviewing and being reviewed." <http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/about/index.html> Project Description Project goals Methods and Activities Examples Four year plan of accomplishments Supports of participant time Financial supports for project History of Peer Review at UNL Scholarship Assessed Partner Institutions Faculty Portfolio Participants Project Description "The Peer Review Project is designed to support faculty in the development of a community of scholars who write about the intellectual work involved in their teaching and who share that writing with interested colleagues. Faculty at five research universities are participating in the program. A faculty member's experience begins with a year long fellowship that supports the writing of short essays on different aspects of teaching (intellectual content, teaching practices, and student understanding). Faculty then combine the essays into a reflective document (referred to as a course portfolio) in the form of an inquiry into the success of a course in helping students learn. These portfolios are exchanged and discussed in an annual seminar on each campus for fellowship participants; general issues and readings on teaching are also part of the seminar. After local conversation and subsequent refinement, the portfolios will be made available to faculty on other campuses participating, and private comments will be exchanged. Some portfolio authors will make further revisions in their portfolios and in their courses, and the evolving portfolios will be an iterative record of teachers' inquiry into those experiences that produce the most student understanding. The project goal is to help faculty become skilled as writers and readers of course portfolios, making these portfolios useful both to those who produce them and those whose teaching can benefit from reading them." Partner Institutions The five institutions in this project (University of Nebraska, Indiana University, Kansas State University, the University of Michigan, and Texas A&M University) are Ph.D.-granting research universities. Faculty on each campus have multiple missions including teaching, research, and outreach. The intellectual work done in research is already well represented in the publications and funded projects of the faculty, and there is a desire to represent the intellectual work in teaching as well. All five institutions are committed to finding a way for faculty to learn from each other's excellent teaching, just as faculty learn from each other's publicly accessible research. <http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/about/partners.html> Key Contact People: In general, send an e-mail to peerreview@xxxxxxx and it will get forwarded to the correct person. Peer Review Project Director Dr. Dan Bernstein The Center for Teaching Excellence University of Kansas 135 Budig Hall1455 Jayhawk Blvd. #135 Lawrence, KS 66045-7604 Phone: (785) 864-4913 E-mail: djb@xxxxxx WEBSITE CONTENTS Home Page About the Project Assessment Documents Portfolio Examples Peer Consultation Process Peer Review Newsletter Participant's Area [Authorization Required] External Links ********************************************************************* HELP FOR THE NEW TEACHER Classroom management skills is the number one concern. Find practical advice, How-To's, Survival Kits, ice breakers, and online resources that integrate technology into the classroom. <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacher.html> ********************************************************************* ----------------------------------------------------- Portfolio Examples Examples of the Examples [Specific Links] Name Academic Area Institution URL of Portfolio Dan Bernstein Psychology Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/bernstein/ Rick Bevins Psychology Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/bevins/index.html John Comer Political Science Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/comer/ Ginny Crisco English Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/crisco.html Andrew Feig Chemistry Indiana University http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/feig/ Dana Fritz Art Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/examples/fritz/ ----------------------------------------------------- Links <http://www.unl.edu/peerrev/links.html> Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/temple-gold.html> <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>